Hundreds of volunteers installed a giant pink triangle atop Twin Peaks early Saturday. San Francisco is the only city in the world to have such a massive symbol hovering over it. It will remain visible through the end of pride month.
San Francisco 's iconic pink triangle has been installed atop Twin Peaks - a nearly 30-year tradition in the city. More than 600 volunteers of all ages nailed down the massive pink triangle along the Twin Peaks hillside. It's made up of 175 pink canvases and held down by 5,000 steel spikes. KTVU's Betty Yu also took a swing at it alongside volunteers who return year after year. There were many first-timers as well.
"It's a symbol of resilience and a symbol of protest and a symbol of our determination for equality, and it gets bigger every year because we super-sized it," he said. "There's no room for subtlety during Pride Month."The pink triangle has a dark history. It was initially used by the Nazis during World War II to identify gay people in concentration camps. Today, the community has embraced it, turning it from a symbol of hate to something that is celebrated.
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